Diana Vreeland Quotes

And Levin, a happy father and a man in perfect health, was several times so near suicide that he hid the cord, lest he be tempted to hang himself, and was afraid to go out with his gun, for fear of shooting himself. But Levin did not shoot himself, and did not hang himself; he went on living.

It's just so hard to feel good, you know?

I will always try to be happy. I don’t think people really understand the value of happiness until they know what it’s like to be in that very, very dark place. It’s not romantic. Not even a little.

Depression is close to me, but suicide hasn't been.

I was depressed for a long time.

There are times for all of us when all the laughter seems to be gone, but we should not permit these periods to last too long. When we've lost our sense of humor, there isn't very much left. We become ridiculous. We must then go to war against the whole world, and that's a war we cannot win.

I was in a self-induced depression. Welcome to me Real World.

I don't kill myself. I can't live like that.

I don't watch cable news at night. So I can honestly tell you that I am not in a funk, I am not depressed, I'm not suicidal, I'm not thinking it's over.

My schedule for today lists a six-hour self-accusatory depression.

I am profoundly in the D's - discouraged, depressed, disheartened, disgusted.

Depression is when you think there's nothing to be done. Fortunately I always think there's something to be done.

I see a sea of millions of people going down with their own negative thoughts, going down for the third time in this big sea of iniquity and negativity.

I think perhaps all of us go a little crazy at times.

I'm not happy. I'm not happy at all.

...the habit of despair is worse than despair itself.

While each of us ... has depressed hours, none of us needs to be a depressed person.

When even despair ceases to serve any creative purpose, then surely we are justified in suicide.

I've definitely had times in my life where I've been depressed and not able to do anything at all.

I think everybody has had emotional distress, but yes, I think I'm pretty stable.

I'm just sittin here trying not to be unhappy.

Depression is so smart - it uses all your references and patterns.

I like to deal with EVERY aspect of our condition, and that means terror and humor in equal mix. Some books have more room for humor than others.

I have become down-hearted, I have become discouraged, I have become depressed. I'm just like you. I'm a human being and I have my problems.

You never really shake depression and that's a tough road you have to deal with.